Manitoba News

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government declared a provincewide state of emergency Thursday for the second time this year, as renewed wildfires forced thousands more out of northern communities.

WINNIPEG — The agency tasked with investigating Manitoba's police says it's looking into the shooting death of a dog on a First Nation.

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government backed away Wednesday from a proposed change to a highway intersection where 17 people were killed in a fiery bus crash.

WINNIPEG — One of two student pilots killed in a mid-air crash south of Steinbach, Man., has been identified as a man from India. The consulate general of India in Toronto, in a social media post, identifies the man as Sreehari Sukesh.

WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Blue Bombers will add Tyrone Jones to their Ring of Honour posthumously. Jones, of St. Mary’s, Ga. played a combined eight seasons over two tenures with Winnipeg, helping the franchise win Grey Cups in 1984 and 1990.

STEINBACH — Two student pilots died Tuesday morning after their single-engine planes collided mid-air during practice exercises, the head of a pilot training school said.

LEAF RAPIDS — Wildfires that had receded in northern Manitoba have begun to roar back, forcing a wave of new evacuations and a major hub for people living in the north to declare a state of emergency.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Alouettes celebrated Super Hero Night on Saturday at Percival Molson Stadium. However, when the game clock struck zero, it was B.C.’s star quarterback and veteran kicker who saved the day.

SPLIT LAKE — A wildfire in northern Manitoba has destroyed seven homes in a day the chief and council of the local First Nation are calling "horrendous.

SELKIRK — RCMP in Manitoba say a teen girl has been charged in the stabbing death of a woman earlier this week.